The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1887-02-03
A BILL

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To be entitled an act to locate and establish re-
formatory for minor convicts and to make AZ
appropriation therefor
| Section BE it enacted by the legis.
lature OF the State of Texas, that there
shall be located and established reform
atory in this state for the confinement of
convicts under twenty-one years of age
and for their physical, mental and moral
development.
Section 2-The governor shall appoint
three commissioners who shall select the
site for said reformatory who shall re-
ceive five dollars per day for their services
and the necessary expenses incurred dur
ing the time of such services, which time
shall not exceed forty days, their accounts
to be certified by the president of said
board of commissioners and approved by
the governor, whereupon the the comp
troller shall audit the claims and draw his
warrant upon the treasurer for the re-
spective amounts. Said commissioners
or majority of them shall select the site
for said reformatory with view to the
fertility of the soil, health, water and rail-
road facilities, and the same shall contain
nor less than 1000 nor more than 10000
acres of land.
Section 3-That when said commits
sioners shall have made their report to the
governor, and the same has been approved
by him, they shall take title to the land
selected in the name of the state for the
use and benefit of said state reformatory.
Section 4-That the governor shall,
with the advice and consent of the senate,
appoint superintendent at a salary of
$4,000 per annum, whose services and salary
shall date from the day he receives notice
from the governor that the third section
of this act has been fully complied with
The superintendent shall also be the finan-
cial agent of the reformatory, whose duty
it shall be to purchase all materials and
supplies, and disburse all moneys that
nay be appropriated therefore. Before
entering upon the discharge of his duties
he shall give bond in the sum of $4,000,
with two or more sufficient surities, pay
able to the governor and his successors
in Office, to be approved by the
penitentiary board, conditioned for
the faithful performance of
his duties, as prescribed in this act
and as may be prescribed by the peniten
tiary board; provided, the same are not
inconsistent with the constitution and
laws of this state.
Section st shall he the duty of the
superintendent to employ competent
architect to draw plans and specifications
for the main building or buildings, sub
ject to the approval of the penitentiary
board, and supervise the construction of
the same under the direction of the super
Section Gall persons under twenty
one years of age, who shall be convicted
of felony, shall be sentenced either to
the penitentiary or to the reformatory, as
the jury may determine; and, all convicts
now in the penitentiary under twenty-one
years of age shall be transferred to the re-
formatory, with such exceptions as the
penltentiary board may see proper to
make, the labor of said convicts to be
utilized in the construction of said re-
formatory, after which the chief employ
ment of its inmates shall lie agriculture
and horticulture until such time as the
legislature shall otherwise direct.
Section THE superintendent shall
have authority to transfer any convict to
the penitentiary for attempt to escape, i'm
or other grave misconduct,
and when so transferred he or she shall not
again be eligible to enter the reforma-
tory.
Section S-The officers, employees and
convicts of the reformatory shall sustain
the same relation to the penitentiary
board as do the officers, employees and CON
victs of the penitentiaries under existing
aw.
Section 9-That the sum of two hundred
dollars, or SO much thereof as
nay be necessary, be, and the same is
hereby appropriated, out of the general
revenue, not otherwise appropriated, for
the location and establishment of the re-
provided for in this act.